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• n  a musician who plays the trombone

• Band members would pile into advertising wagons (with the trombonist on the tail gate for freedom of reach) and engage in music battles with other bands; the winner was chosen .
• The introductory phase of Barack Obama's foreign policy ambitions concluded on July 11 before the Ghanaian Parliament, when a solo trombonist sounded a few ceremonial notes.
• Wilder Hobson, 59, onetime staff member at PTI, FORTUNE, Harper's Bazaar and, for the last ten years, at Newsweek, author of a history of American jazz and an amateur trombonist .

• trombone player

News & Articles

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• Step away from the trombone
  Atlanta's panhandling ordinance snags street musicians by Max Blau Trombonist Eryk McDaniel has busked in his fair share of American cities. The 20-year-old Alabama State University student, who's currently majoring in elementary education, has played to adoring onlookers on the streets of New York City and Los Angeles.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  June 12, 2013 - Creative Loafing Atlanta
• Musician "Bones" Malone to kick-off FestivalSouth
  Trombonist and arranger Tom "Bones" Malone will perform with the Blues Brotherhood at the Saenger Theater Saturday evening.
  June 7, 2013 - WDAM-TV Hattiesburg
• People of Note: Latin Artist Willie Colon Tributes His Concert to Nuyoricans
  Latin Salsa icon, Willie Colon, is well known throughout the world. A renowned singer, composer, humanitarian, political activist, trombonist and liaison for the Latin American community to the Mayor’s Office, Willie will be appearing at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts in the Bronx on Saturday, June 8th at 8:00 p.m. The concert is being [...]
  June 6, 2013 - EURweb

Quotes

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• Quincy Jones in Forbes
  I had some of the best musicians in the world, starting with a man that taught me when I was 13 years old how to put the trumpet on my mouth, Clark Terry ...... who was Miles Davis' influence too,Jones recalled. "Clark and (trombonist)...
• Dave Brubeck in Boston Herald
  They tried to set fire to the piano,recalled Brubeck about the mob that climbed onstage and stopped the concert. "My son Chris, the trombonist and composer, was a young kid and had been hired by George to keep the fences up. He said it...
• Claudio Roditi in Asbury Park Press
  For the Asbury Jazz Festival, I'll have an all-Brazilian rhythm section, aside from trombonist Jason Jackson, who plays with the Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and the Dizzy Gillespie All Star Big Band,Roditi said from his home in South Orange.